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Lou | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It can go both ways, but isn’t easier to point and find rogue devs at a doxxed almost global store than a single dev living in God’s knows where?
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516add19 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Not worried about a dev at the app store. More that the whole app store can be compromised and under subpoena and or control of a malicious company. Apple could very well be injecting code into every app on their app store, and no one would know because its proprietary.. 

This is just hypothetical..
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Lou | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Ofc, just playing devils advocate here. 

In that sense, the whole App Store can be brought down and pay for its wrongdoings. My point is, they are doxxed and it’s a lot easier to pin point them. Unless as you said gov is involved, in that case is pretty easier for them to avoid the “justice” part. 

But even so, we are necessary for the majority of users; we protect them from malicious devs. Without us would be wild world, the ones who knows are safe, the ones who make the malicious software get the prize, the ones that fall for it are the suckers. We prevent the suckers to keep getting screwed; therefore we are good.
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516add19 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Absolutely. I love having app stores for these reasons. I can trust the store has made sure the app is safe to use and scanned for viruses. I especially like having options like F-Droid. I wish Apple allowed it on iOS.